Every time you have spare change in your pocket, put it into a designated mortgage payment jar. Then make lump sum payments every month. The result will surprise you!
We've filtered through our favorite news sites and here are the articles we're talking about around the office.
- Markets rally on higher sentiment
- NYT: International Monetary Fund Warns G-7 on Debt Levels
- We don’t know what to name our third son
- NTY: Vacation Travelers Focus on Frugality
- U.S. Fed still has options, Bernanke says
- Calgary is making me nicer
- NYT: Students, Welcome to College; Parents, Go Home
- NYT: Can Smart Money Management Be Sexy?
- BMO calls on government to spend
- Stadium site could mean end of Ticats in Hamilton
Investors moved quickly on the first day of September to put the losing days of August behind them. [more]
The most developed economies, which have been racking up spending since the mid-1960s, face record levels of debt as a result of the 2008-9 financial crisis. [more]
It’s hard to agree on a name that doesn’t remind us of someone we know – and works well with the last name Jones [more]
Vacations have become a luxury for many Americans trying to make ends meet in this economic downturn, but there are signs that people are slowly, even timidly, on the move again. [more]
As recovery stalls, central banker leans toward more quantitative easing [more]
Since moving here from Toronto, I’ve learned to brake for jaywalkers and strike up conversations with strangers [more]
In order to separate doting parents from their freshman sons, Morehouse College in Atlanta has instituted a formal Parting Ceremony. [more]
Saving may be making a comeback [more]
Bank says global economy is too fragile for countries to lock into deficit-tightening agendas [more]
Both City of Hamilton and the Tiger-Cats don’t want to move on their position [more]